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13 colonies
13 colonies
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Social Studies
5th Grade
11/10/2011

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colony
Definition
a settlement controlled by another country that is far away
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proprietor
Definition
an owner
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imports
Definition
goods brought into a country
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exports
Definition
good shipped out of a country
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royal colony
Definition
a colony owned by a king
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proprietary colony
Definition
a colony owned by a person
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corporate colony
Definition
a colony owned by a company
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governor and assembly
Definition
the government of every colony consisted of these two things
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male, white, land owner
Definition
to vote in most of the colonies these are the three qualifications
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Virginia
Definition
the first colony settled
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Williamsburg
Definition
the colonial capital of Virginia
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Massachusetts
Definition
the second colony settled
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Massachusetts Bay
Definition
the second colony settled in Massachusetts
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John Winthrop
Definition
he was the leader of the Massachusetts Bay colony
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Boston
Definition
the larghest town in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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New Hampshire
Definition
this colony was settled by John Mason and Sir Fernindando Gorges
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Pannaway Plantation
Definition
the first settlement in New Hampshire
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New Netherlands
Definition
New York started out as a Dutch colony called this
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Peter Minuet
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he was the governor of New Netherlands
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Manhattan
Definition
Peter Minuet bought this for glass beads, necklaces, and bracelets
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Peter Stuyvesant
Definition
he took over as the governor of New Amsterdam because the company didn't think Minuet made enough money for them
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New York
Definition
after the Dutch were defeated England renamed New Amsterdam this
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Thomas Hooker
Definition
he started the colony of Connecticut
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Hartford
Definition
this was the first settlement in Connecticut
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Fundamental Orders
Definition
this was the government that Hooker wrote for Connecticut
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Sir George Calvert
Definition
he was given a charter to settle north of Virginia called Maryland
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Catholics
Definition
Maryland was started as a colony for this group
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St. Mary's
Definition
this was the first settlement in Maryland
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Toleration Act
Definition
this was passed in Maryland to allow all Christian religions to worship
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tobacco
Definition
this was major cash crop in Maryland
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Lord Baltimore
Definition
George Calvert and his son were known as this
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Roger Williams
Definition
Rhode Island was started by him
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Providence
Definition
the first settlement in Rhode Island
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Anne Hutchinson
Definition
she started the colony of Portsmouth in Rhode Island
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Peter Minuet
Definition
he brought Swedish settlers to Delaware
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log cabins
Definition
the Swedish settlers were the first to build these as their houses
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Pennsylvania
Definition
this colony was given control of Delaware so it would have a port on the Atlantic Ocean
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William Penn
Definition
he settled the colony of Pennsylvania
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Penn's Woods
Definition
What does Pennsylvania mean?
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Quakers
Definition
the colony of Pennsylvania was settled for this religious group
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Society of Friends
Definition
this is another name for the Quakers
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Philadelphia
Definition
this was the first settlement in Pennsylvania
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City of Brotherly Love
Definition
Philadelphia means this
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North Carolina
Definition
this colony was given to eight of King Charles' friends
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wealth
Definition
this was the only reason for settling North Carolina
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New Jersey
Definition
this colony was started by Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley
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South Carolina
Definition
this colony was also given to 8 of King Charles' friends
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Charleston
Definition
this was the first settlement in South Caroline
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James Oglethorpe
Definition
he settled the colony of Georgia
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debtors
Definition
Georgia was settled for these people
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Savannah
Definition
this was the first settlement in Georgia
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colony between Spanish Florida and North Carolina and to clear out English prisons
Definition
one reason King George wanted to settle Georgia
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